Be in with a chance to win an iPAD with SQT Training! To be in with a chance of winning an iPad simply join our alumni on LinkedIn. Please note you must have a LinkedIn account and completed a course with SQT Training Ltd to enter our completion Enter Now When entering, include the following information: SQT training as the school (ensure that the SQT Training Ltd. [ 235 more words ] https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/10/join-alumni-chance-win-ipad/

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories moves to FDIS version. ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories published jointly by ISO and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) specifies the general requirements for the competence to carry out tests and/or calibrations, including sampling. It covers testing and calibration performed using standard methods, non-standard methods, and laboratory-developed methods. [ 431 more words ] https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/10/update-iso-17025/

David Williams, director of SQT Training discusses SQT's courses, training trends and tutors in a recent interview with Nightcourses.com Is most of SQT’s training done in-house? About 60 percent of our training courses run in-house, and we run the remainder on a public basis. The majority of our public courses are in Dublin. However we do run our courses in other locations around the country. [ 796 more words ] https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/09/best-business-david-williams-interview-nightcourses-com/

Congratulations to all our NEBOSH Diploma students who received their exam results this week. SQT continue to outperform the NEBOSH average across all providers internationally. These are tough exams, so well done on an excellent achievement and to Finbarr Stapleton our course tutor too for his ongoing support to students https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/09/congratulations-nebosh-students/

As the development of ISO 45001 progresses ISO/DIS 45001.2 was published in May 2017. It was subject to a ballot of 69 national standards bodies (NSBs) of whom 88% approved and only 11% disapproved. Because this was short of the 25% threshold required for rejection of the text the standard can now move towards the final stage. ISO PC 283, the occupational health and safety management system project committee taxed with developing ISO 45001 will meet in September to discuss the final text of the standard. [ 145 more words ] https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/08/iso-45001-update-august-2017/

Hope you are all enjoying the summer and some of the recent good weather. It is often the time when we start to think about our careers and skill sets. With September approaching, now is the time to think about taking one of our public courses to give you the skills for you and your organisation to reach the highest standards, maintain compliance and drive efficiency. [ 30 more words ] https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/07/new-autumn-schedule/

Stepping into the Reader’s Shoes is the Key to Good Technical Writing. Understanding the Audience. To understand the audience you must first analyse the audience. This is a vital first step in the preparation of a good document. Your analysis should assess how familiar various readers will be with the subject. From this you should identify what you will need to explain and how much detail you will need to give. [ 276 more words ] https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/07/technical-writing-tip-month-july-2017/

Congratulations to all our QQI FET students who received their results last week. 75% achieved Distinctions with over 46% achieved marks between 90-100 including 4 learner achieved 100%. Special thanks to Denis, Brian, Ciaron, Edel, Tom, Maura and Gina for their excellent support to the students in achieving such excellent results. https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/07/congratulations-qqi-fet-students/

Congratulations to all our Lean Six Sigma Students who received their QQI results this week. We are very proud of their achievements which resulted in an average cost saving of €108,000 per project! Particular thanks to our tutors John, Éamon and Nicola for their support and mentoring to the students. To date projects completed by SQT students have made a combined saving of 94 million for their companies. [ 29 more words ] https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/05/congratulations-lean-six-sigma-students/

Congratulations to National Standards Authority of Ireland for 20 years of setting standards. Article by Evelyn Ring with the Irish Examiner http://bit.ly/2oUnWZO

We have recently listed SQT Training as an education institute on LinkedIn. If you have studied with SQT Training, you may be interested in adding us to the education section of your profile or updating your current listing to enhance your profile. You can update your education listing to include the SQT logo, brand and company details by completing the following; [ 92 more words ] https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/04/education-institute-linkedin/

The Description The majority of technical reports include some type of description, either of objects, processes or ideas. A description can be physical, functional or both. Good descriptions are crucial to creating good documents and they should utilise the Outside-In approach, a technique discussed in our previous blog (February 2017) Always keep in mind the technical level of the intended reader. [ 155 more words ] https://www.sqt-training.com/2017/03/technical-writing-skills-tip-month-march/